Books & the Arts

Jerusalem Calling Jerusalem Calling

On his new album, country-rocker Steve Earle lets politics infuse his music.

Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Corn

Did the CIA Blow the Call? Did the CIA Blow the Call?

Shortly after Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, the nation's capital got a second morning newspaper. Eventually, Dr. Ronald Goodwin, formerly the Rev.

Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder

Fire at Will Fire at Will

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Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Prairie Home Companion Prairie Home Companion

When the University of Nebraska Press sent my review copy of the Selected Short Stories of Weldon Kees with a note asking that I please accept the book with the compliments of ...

Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Rooney

The Culture Blockade The Culture Blockade

The Bush Administration seems to be gunning to make history as the first great unilateralist government of the twenty-first century.

Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / James Ledbetter

Racism: Coded as Culture? Racism: Coded as Culture?

This book makes a good case for racism--the word, not the ideology. What necessitated a defense?

Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter

The Laboratories of Democracy The Laboratories of Democracy

Nothing is more galling to scientists than outsiders questioning their research priorities.

Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Kimmelman

License to Kill License to Kill

The closest thing you get to a dull moment in Michael Moore's latest picture, Bowling for Columbine, is an interview with Marilyn Manson.

Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Raceball in Boston Raceball in Boston

Any fan who over the years has attended a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park notices how few African-Americans are in the stands.

Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Louis P. Masur

Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation

Although he does not record CDs, Robin Kelley may well be the hippest intellectual in the land. There is plenty of substance to ground the style.

Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jason Sokol

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